Definition

• A silver coin of the Margraves of Meissen first struck by Balthaser at the close of the fourteenth century. They resembled the Breitgroschen but were somewhat less in value and size.

  They were extensively copied in other localities, notably in Hessen, and there is a series of them for Magdeburg from 1570 and later, their value there being twelve Pfennige.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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